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New_Restaurant_6093 t1_jb3ivft wrote

I mean ironically 93N every Friday and Saturday and 93s every Sunday and Monday.

93n&s flow pretty smoothly the rest of the time.

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CBKritter t1_jb3mzfb wrote

Route 3, 132, and Route 106 are always fun to go down when coming down from Laconia.

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aristomephisto t1_jb3x23x wrote

I live in the White Mountains and we go the exact opposite way on weekends - 93S on Fridays (relatives in MA), 93N on Sundays. Always crazy seeing the traffic!

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Mrchris251 t1_jb4n2ur wrote

Smashcut to that old man hanging in the dungeon clapping his hands

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MeEvilBob t1_jb4u3gv wrote

Replying to MarkusAureliusDecim (#2,171,568)

FL drivers are even worse, and what gets me about them is how the hell does someone that bad at driving survive driving all the way up the east coast? How did that person who can't figure out a NH highway manage to make it through NJ and NY?

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MeEvilBob t1_jb4ucaw wrote

And as you roll along 93 north of Manchester, be sure to get a glance here and there at those barely used railroad tracks where you could have been riding in comfort at over 100mph all the way to Boston but are in your car instead because NH hates passenger rail.

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Danvers1 t1_jb4xd8j wrote 

 A lot of people who enthuse about New Hampshire are not realizing that a lot of the things they like are vanishing. There is still a difference between NH and Massachusetts, but it is diminishing. New Hampshire used to be solidly Republican, but now they are trending mostly Democrat, which having a RINO governor does little to slow down. Of course, there is more respect for the 2nd Amendment, and less nanny-state foolishness. There is no law requiring helmets when riding motorbikes, and the COVID masking rules were less restrictive in NH. New Hampshire is now also, by my calculation as of two years ago, has a cost of living only 14% cheaper than Massachusetts, with 20% cheaper housing.
 In my little town, there is no curbside trash pickup, town water only if you live near downtown, and still some dirt roads. Also, no gas heat or gas stoves, not because of the environmental nuts, but because of lack of demand- propane stoves only.
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Andromeda321 t1_jb4z49u wrote

Replying to MeEvilBob (#2,171,769)

I definitely know some of my parents’ friends who are snowbirds haven’t taken their Florida plated car all the way to Florida in years- they just get the stickers sent to their address there and bring them up (and no Florida annual inspection so you can do that, and is cheaper than NH). Usually when it’s time to buy a new car and they realize they’re not up for that driving every year, and can afford two cars so why not do two.

So, that answers your question!

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slayermcb t1_jb50eb3 wrote

Before moving up we would drive up occasionally to visit my wife's family. Up on Friday, down on Sunday. I absolutely hated it. Now that I live up here we occasionally drive down on a Friday and up on a Sunday. It's magical by comparison.

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Danvers1 t1_jb52c60 wrote

Replying to icenine09 (#2,172,009)

Population, population, population- All of those people moving to NH create all that traffic. A lot of those people have moved there partly in response to an imaginary NH that exists on TV and existed in their childhood visits to vacation spots.

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icenine09 t1_jb54aqn wrote

Replying to Danvers1 (#2,172,226)

Ah, I see. I get it now. I moved here for a job, never had any preconceived notions about the state or region. It's been ok so far. I prefer the Pacific Northwest, but New England is pretty ok.

Edit: I'd also like to add, responding to the original post; I've lived/been everywhere (man), and let me assure you, New Hampshire traffic is not worth complaining about.

Edit 2: and in case you are wondering, the New Hampshire way of driving like an idiot is cutting people off. I've never been so frequently and unnecessarily cut off than I have been in New Hampshire. Don't feel bad though, they don't use turn signals in North Dakota, they ride your ass in Indiana, New York needs to slow the fuck down, Washington needs to speed up, New Orleans gets worse as the week progresses and folks get drunker, and Tucson (and Florida) needs to pay attention. Every city/state/region has their own way of driving like a prick.

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New_Restaurant_6093 t1_jb5bs2f wrote

Replying to philly1750 (#2,172,541)

I live in the lakes region, if I need to get anything done on the weekends it needs to be before 8:30 am otherwise it’s like trying to enjoy yourself on the beach and the person before you spilled their French fries..

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every1getslaid t1_jb5dg9n wrote

Ok, this is what this subreddit should be. Awesome NH memes and food/fun advice

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ThatDrunkRussian1116 t1_jb5guy0 wrote

Commuting Nashua to Concord is ass on Friday afternoons. 40 min drive to 1hr 15min drive.

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Sweet-Palpitation473 t1_jb5m7rz wrote

Every Friday during the summer, I gotta take the backgrounds, cuz 93N is absolutely fucked. So annoying. Turns 25 mins into 50

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Dux_Ignobilis t1_jb5ofdh wrote

Replying to bfruth628 (#2,172,297)

NH was covered in rail until the 1930s. Literally my hometown of Weare had 7 stations itself. Then we had a huge hurricane as well as a huge flood in 1936/1938 that destroyed a lot of the infrastructure. Fast forward to WWII, wartime economy didn't focus on rebuilding this infrastructure and some of the metal from rails was used for the war effort. Followed by federally mandated floodzones and new dams that destroyed even more rail. So between 1936-1960s NH gutted a lot of its rail. Now we have conservative nimbys who pretend we never had rail and have bogus arguments for why it's not needed or helpful in the state.

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xxpact t1_jb5qtsm wrote

If you got anywhere past concord on the weekend good fucking luck to you and the traffic

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DeerFlyHater t1_jb5wprm wrote

This is why I just go to a restaurant and then the transfer station on Sundays. It's also why I'm moving further north than my current exit 25 rental.

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EBITDaDDy11 t1_jb63xnc wrote

This is why I’m a part of this sub. For memes like this

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Time_Cup4527 t1_jb686g7 wrote

And part of the problem is the drop in speed through Concord. Of course the SP have to sit in the curves so everyone slams on their brakes!!

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philly1750 t1_jb77f1r wrote

Replying to New_Restaurant_6093 (#2,172,661)

The lakes region is pretty bad.

The only NH highways that I’ve never had a problem with on weekends and even on busy holidays is the 89 and 101 as they always seems to flow nicely for some reason.

95 on the coast is very meh as it’s 4 lanes unlike 93 but it gets slowed down by the toll booth

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MeEvilBob t1_jb91s3o wrote

Replying to nudgetravel (#2,174,509)

Why is it that every time someone has a problem with HSR, their go-to argument is that the tracks won't be upgraded at all, as though the way HSR works is to just put a fast train on any regular tracks.

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nudgetravel t1_jb9g7nw wrote

Replying to MeEvilBob (#2,177,368)

Why is it that every time someone argues for HSR in the US, they fail to properly account for the actual cost to construct and maintain the service in the budget? Why is it always "Save Amtrak" and not encourage more competition? Why do people get mad when I say that rail and highways should exist without subsidies and that fare prices should reflect realistic revenue + advertising and real estate leases like any other business?

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MeEvilBob t1_jb9hpq8 wrote

Replying to nudgetravel (#2,177,803)

> Why do people get mad when I say that rail and highways should exist without subsidies and that fare prices should reflect realistic revenue

Why didn't you say that then instead of implying that HSR can't work in NH simply because the existing freight tracks are only currently maintained to support freight?

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nudgetravel t1_jb9nsn2 wrote

Replying to MeEvilBob (#2,177,854)

The existence of freight tracks has nothing to do with the potential for HSR, particularly in a sparsely populated part of the state. They're going to have to lay down new rail without grade crossings anyway if it were ever to be built.

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MeEvilBob t1_jb9ou94 wrote

Replying to nudgetravel (#2,178,102)

>They're going to have to lay down new rail without grade crossings anyway if it were ever to be built.

See, there's my point, why is it that any time it's mentioned that efficient reliable passenger service isn't completely impossible someone always has to assume that the idea is to do it with absolutely zero upgrades to existing infrastructure?

The railroad corridor between Boston, Nashua, Manchester and Concord used to carry the bulk of the passenger service between Boston and Montreal (before the Northern Line was abandoned). It's not like this is a windy old spur to a mine we're talking about, 100 years ago this route carried all of what I-93 carries today.

I also think it's a bit of a stretch to say that the I-93 corridor between Concord and Manchester as well as the Everett Turnpike corridor between Manchester and Nashua is "sparsely populated".

Then there's the whole aspect of that you're the one saying HSR, I just said passenger rail. The MBTA runs over 100mph on one of their lines using standard commuter rail equipment.

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